The New Mamas Podcast
Lina Forrestal
Host Lina Forrestal brings you the New Mamas Podcast, a space created to give first time moms a voice and to have honest and raw conversations about motherhood. Lina and her guests are normalizing conversations around traditionally taboo topics: post-partum depression, post-partum anxiety, surviving the newborn phase, body image issues, co-parenting, divorce, and more. This podcast is meant to feel like a big virtual hug for moms everywhere. Instagram: @linaforrestal @newmamaspodcast Contact: [email protected]
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PPD in Men and How Couples Therapy Saved Her Marriage with Sahra Brandt
The New Mamas Podcast
10/05/22 • 47 min
Oakland mom, Sahra Brandt, was navigating her first year postpartum while her husband battled postpartum depression. In this episode, host Lina Forrestal and fashion stylist Sahra talk about how hard that first year postpartum is on relationships and Sahra discusses in detail how couples therapy saved her marriage. Today, she and her husband are expecting another baby and are happier than ever.
In this episode, Lina and Sahra talk about:
- When Sahra first realized that there was something deeper going on with her husband
- How she went so far as to file divorce paperwork
- How the first few sessions of couples therapy went and the steps they took
- What brought them back together
- How common it actually is to have marriage problems in the first year of postpartum
- Why more couples don't talk about this
Resources:
- How to Spot Signs of Male Postpartum Depression in New Dads
- Postpartum Depression in Men is Real, Science Says
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Episode edited by Chris Duffy: [email protected]
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A New Way to Connect with Our Newborns and Ourselves with Dr. Sam creator of Source Code
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05/04/23 • 46 min
Dr. Sam joins host Lina Forrestal and discusses her work around on the relationship between mothers and their infants. She has figured out exactly what newborns need to feel safe and connected, and how this deeply affects who our children grow up to be, and whether they feel safe in the world.
Dr. Sam is teaching a course called ‘Parenting as Love: The 12 Secrets to a More Beautiful Life for You and Your Kids,’ which begins this May. Sign up here: https://newmamas--drsamrader.thrivecart.com/parenting-as-love/
Dr. Sam, creator of Source Code, shares a new approach to growth and evolution that identifies how our early childhood experience shapes us and our world, and how we can recode ourselves for a healthier, more beautiful life.
During her 18 years as a clinical psychologist, Dr. Sam discovered that there are only 12 core defense mechanisms we inherit in early childhood, if we don’t get what we need at each developmental stage. She calls these our Coping Styles.
A big part of Sam’s work is educating parents on the needs of their children at each stage of development. The good news is that we can reparent our children at any age, regardless of the age of the wounding. The most important part of that is reparenting ourselves, with deep self-love and self-compassion.
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Just Chatting: Our 20s vs Our 30s, Female Friendships, Breakups, Dating Red Flags feat. my friend Biz Petersen
The New Mamas Podcast
04/28/23 • 51 min
In this episode of Just Chatting, Lina catches up with her friend Biz on her move to LA, female friendships, friendship breakups, dating, red flags, and more.
Lina and Biz talk about past female friendships and how expectations and friendship changes as you get older. They share how they both have had significant female friendship breakups and how devastating they can feel. They also share some funny dating stories from their past and what they now recognize as red flags.
The main theme of the episode is how life differs from your 20s versus your 30s. As Biz is turning 30 this year, she reflects on where she is in life and what she’s looking forward to in the next chapter.
Connect with Biz here: @bizpetersen
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Solo Episode: My Recent Lessons from Therapy and Mental Health Update
The New Mamas Podcast
08/03/22 • 39 min
Lina is back with a solo episode about what she's learned in therapy the last few months.
Things discussed in this solo episode:
- The three C's: You cannot change, you cannot control, and you don't cause them to be this way
- Codependency: A person who is codependent will plan their entire life around pleasing the other person, or the enabler. In its simplest terms, a codependent relationship is when one partner needs the other partner, who in turn, needs to be needed.
- How to detach with love
- How it's bad boundaries to try and fix someone
- For anxiety: Don't believe your thoughts, it's just a thought
- For anxiety: Remember presence, this is my presence existence
- For anxiety: Please remember love
- "Collective subconscious" by Carl Jung
- I can hear someone's opinion but I don't have to be influenced by it
Other episodes you might enjoy:
I'M BACK! My depression diagnosis, starting antidepressants, and what's to come for Season 2
Postpartum Anxiety and Growing Up With Fear-Based Parenting with Stephanie Feng
Solo Episode: Post Partum Anxiety (PPA), Weight Gain, Mom Guilt, & PUPPP
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Episode edited by Chris Duffy: [email protected]
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Newborn Life, Birth Trauma, and being a NICU Mama with Jessica Lamb of the Baby Making Podcast
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12/07/22 • 47 min
In this episode, newborn mama Jessica comes on the podcast and discusses newborn life, dissecting her possible birth trauma, and what it was like having a baby in NICU.
Jessica has wanted to be a mom for as long as she could remember. She's been obsessed with all things pregnancy, birth, babies, and motherhood for equally as long. If there’s a baby in the room, she's definitely holding it.
Jessica Lamb is the host of The Baby Making Podcast. She lives in the Greater Chicagoland Area with her husband and 2 rescue dogs, Winston & Rihanna.
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Tips for Making Parenting More Sustainable with Lauren Young: New Mom and Head of Growth at Future
The New Mamas Podcast
12/22/22 • 52 min
In this episode, Lina and Lauren Young, a mom and Head of Growth at Future, talk tips to make parenting more sustainable. Lauren is on a mission to make parenting as sustainable as possible.
This topic is near and dear to Lina's heart as she and her husband and I traded their big city life for a 6 acre farm and sustainability and clean-living are one of the things they're passionate about.
Topics discussed:
- Favorite sustainable gifts
- Favorite tips to make parenting more sustainable
- Everlasting Wardrobe: Kids rental clothing service
- 7 great kids’ clothing rental services for a more sustainable approach to parenting
- Stasher reusable silicon bags (replace your single-use plastic bags)
- Misconceptions around sustainability
- Facing judgement as a parent
- The pressures of social media
- Why some parents are intimidated by the concept of parenting more sustainability
- Recalls on children's products (https://www.safekids.org/product-recalls)
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Lauren comes to Future from startups including Bumble and Lovevery, as well as the ad agency world where she serviced clients like Adidas, Nike, Jordan Brand, McDonalds, Playboy and Harley Davidson. Her career began in New York City in the fashion industry where she worked with the likes of Vogue Magazine and Versace. At home, Lauren is a new mom, wife to retired professional soccer player Danielle Foxhoven Young and certified raw vegan chef at the Matthew Kenney Food Future Institute. Lauren hopes to draw from her decade+ career to grow Future’s mission into a sustainability movement.
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Navigating Pregnancy, Birth, and Motherhood Living Abroad with Blogger Gosia Kurowska
The New Mamas Podcast
12/28/22 • 63 min
Gosia is a blogger from Belgium/Poland. She’s 37 and a mom of two girls ages 3 and 1. They were both born in Thailand where she and her husband lived for 4 years. A few months ago they moved to a new country again, this time Portugal. In this episode, she talks about the nuances of pregnancy and motherhood journey abroad.
Discussed in this episode:
- Lina and Gosia reminisce about their time living in Thailand
- What it was like being a foreigner pregnant in Thailand
- What it was like giving birth in Thailand
- What it was like being far away from family during pregnancy and birth
- Worries as a mom moving countries with young children
- What living in Portugal has been like so far
Connect with Gosia: @wandermama.diaries
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Money Moves New Moms Should Make in 2023 with Alli Williams
The New Mamas Podcast
01/19/23 • 58 min
In this episode, Lina and Alli chat about easy financial moves new moms can make in the near year to take control of their finances.
In this episode they break down:
- How to open an HYSA (High-yield savings account)
- Reviewing retirement contributions
- How to check your credit score
- How to pull a credit report
- How to start a money audit
- Reviewing and cancelling subcsriptions
Check out Alli's "Make Money Moves" private podcast: https://www.financiallifocused.com/makingmoneymoves/ Making Money Moves is for you if you’re ready to finally start seeing results and you are sick of being stuck. You want to become debt-free, save for your future, increase your income, build wealth and have a life free of money stress.
Connect with Alli:
Flourish FinanciALLI: www.joinflourishnow.com
Instagram: www.instagram.com/financiallifocused
Website: www.financiallifocused.com
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Just Chatting: Overthinking Kids Birthday Parties + Listener Thoughts
The New Mamas Podcast
05/12/23 • 50 min
In this Just Chatting episode, it's just Lina on the mic overthinking kids birthday parties. She also sources listener feedback and shares what other moms think!
She talks about:
- How she thinks all the pre-school moms hate her because she's bad at RSVPing and shows up late
- What is an appropriate kids birthday party gift?
- Listeners weigh in on gift ideas
- Do you invite the whole class or just the kids that your child plays with?
- All about RSVPing and NOT RSVPing
- What is the best time for a kids party?
- Is it okay to show up late?
- Listeners share their kids party pet peeves
- Listeners share what they love about kids parties (gotta keep it positive fam)
- Tips for hosting a 1st Birthday Party
Lina also shares a bit about her wedding anniversary (May 12) and how she's been happily married for 6 years but reflects on how she and her husband DIDN'T want to have a big wedding but ended up having one due to family pressure.
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First Time Mom Emily's Experience with Postpartum Depression (PPD)
The New Mamas Podcast
08/10/22 • 36 min
(Content Warning: Abuse, Self-harm, Suicide) First time mom Emily sits with host Lina Forrestal and talks about life as a new mom and her struggles with postpartum depression. She talks about her journey into motherhood: her miscarriage, pregnancy, a misdiagnosis of a down syndrome test, and postpartum depression.
Emily shares that her anxiety started at her 10-week ultrasound when the technician couldn't find a heartbeat. She shares that she has struggled with her depression and anxiety ever since she was young, since her beloved father passed away. She shares that it was hard to be happy during the newborn phase, even though it is a happy time and her son, Odin, was a wonderful baby.
Lina and Emily also talk about drugs at birth, not having a birth plan, and their experiences with anxiety. Emily talks about holistic health and remedies for her postpartum depression and how her outlet is running.
If you or someone you know is struggling with suicidal thoughts, call or text 988. Learn more about the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline here.
Your body and mind go through many changes during and after pregnancy. If you feel empty, emotionless, or sad all or most of the time for longer than 2 weeks during or after pregnancy, reach out for help. If you feel like you don't love or care for your baby, you might have postpartum depression. Treatment for depression, such as therapy or medicine, works and will help you and your baby be as healthy as possible in the future. Read more about postpartum depression here.
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FAQ
How many episodes does The New Mamas Podcast have?
The New Mamas Podcast currently has 167 episodes available.
What topics does The New Mamas Podcast cover?
The podcast is about New Mom, Parenting, Kids & Family, Motherhood, Podcasts, Self-Improvement and Education.
What is the most popular episode on The New Mamas Podcast?
The episode title 'What It's Like Being A Step Mom (& Then Having Your Own Baby) with Samantha Porter Grinney' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on The New Mamas Podcast?
The average episode length on The New Mamas Podcast is 50 minutes.
How often are episodes of The New Mamas Podcast released?
Episodes of The New Mamas Podcast are typically released every 6 days, 22 hours.
When was the first episode of The New Mamas Podcast?
The first episode of The New Mamas Podcast was released on Jan 5, 2021.
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